Between academia and village. Reflections on the training of indigenous anthropologists in Brazil

The enrolment of indigenous students at universities is an event which constitutes a great challenge for groups which have historically been excluded from the academic knowledge production process. Based on my own experience as an indigenous anthropologist, in this article I share my reflections abo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Cruz, Felipe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Anales de Antropología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62631
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/62631
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brasil
antropólogos indígenas
académicos
relaciones interétnicas
antropología propia
Brazil
Indigenous anthropologists
Academics
Interethnic relationships
Own anthropology
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Sumario:The enrolment of indigenous students at universities is an event which constitutes a great challenge for groups which have historically been excluded from the academic knowledge production process. Based on my own experience as an indigenous anthropologist, in this article I share my reflections about the training of researchers who are looking to conduct fieldwork in their own native communities. Using two stories, one from the academic setting and the other from my own community, I not only want to discuss some central anthropological concepts, such as “keeping one’s distance” and “neutrality”, but also to problematise the historically-constituted relationship between the Subject Who Knows and the Object Which Is Known inside our discipline.